To amend H.R. 678, by eliminating the 5th section, which provides that any person furnishing a substitute in his stead to serve in the U.S. Army, is responsibl

On Feb 24, 1865, the House voted 105–34 (HR 678). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–31, Democrats 57–0, Others 14–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 members voted against their own party.

During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 105
No: 34
Did not vote: 48
Date: Feb 24, 1865

By party

Republicans34 yes · 31 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats57 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others14 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted no
William Higby R-CA voted no
Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV voted no
Orlando Kellogg R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY voted no
Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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